History-Making U-2 Pilot Puts Her Toughness to the Test in CBS Reality Show 'Tough as Nails' Viewers can see for themselves the inner toughness that enabled her to be a pioneer despite all the challenges.
Racism Kept Some WWI Troops from Receiving Medal of Honor, Lawmakers Say Bills have been introduced in Congress to review whether Medals of Honor were denied to African-American troops in WWWI.
99-Year-Old WWII Vet Presented Medals 72 Years Later Richard Bell Jr. earned several medals during the war, to include the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and...
World War II Veteran Recognized with Honorary College Degree A Navy veteran who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor was recognized for his service with an honorary college degree.
Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. After a slow rise through the ranks, Davis became U.S. Military's first African American flag officer.
Tuskegee Airman Trail Blazes Through History James Cotten was drafted at the age of 18 in 1945, not knowing he and his compatriots would be a symbol of desegregation as...
Navy Celebrates 2016 African American/Black History Month Throughout the month of February, the Navy joins our nation in celebrating the history and culture of African-American and...
African-American Military Family Remembers Its Roots "My great-grandfather used to tell us about what he went through. A lot of the beatings...the whippings and running away."
Dick Rutan, Who Set an Aviation Milestone When He Flew Nonstop Around the World, Is Dead at 85 He joined the U.S. Air Force as a teenager and flew more than 300 combat missions during the Vietnam War.
Marine Corps Offering Thousands of Dollars in Bonuses in Push for More Intelligence Specialists The Marine Corps needs more counterintelligence and human intelligence specialists, also known as CI/HUMINT, and is offering...
Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel...
'Existential Threat': Air Guardsmen Slam Proposal to Move Their Units to Space Force Air National Guard leaders and enlisted Guardsmen on Friday called a legislative proposal to move units focused on space...
Marine Corps Says Half of Barracks Had Issues, Though Only 118 Marines Moved, After Worldwide Inspection The inspection took place between February and March, a quick time frame for a herculean task that involved looking at...